The conviction of James Gatto, Merle Code and Christian Dawkins on conspiracy charges had relatively little impact on college basketball beyond the firing of coach Rick Pitino from Louisville and the guilty pleas of several assistant coaches, but a second trial this April of Code and Dawkins on federal bribery charges promises to be much more revealing in terms of the actual nuts and bolts of college basketball recruiting, according to a story in Yahoo Sports.

The key difference is that in the first trial, there was little dispute over the facts, and the judge essentially ruled that all the jury ... Log in to view full article.